Ontario History articles from September 2007

Ontario History archives from September 2007

Killing premiers to build a canal: McLeod Stewart and the Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal.(Essay)
September 22, 2007... Abstract For more than a century, Canadian promoters encouraged the construction of the Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Bay Canal. No individual brought more passion to the cause than McLeod Stewart. A well-connected man, he was a former...

We did it just for fun: amateur filmmaking at the Lakehead, 1929-1930.(Essay)
September 22, 2007... Abstract This article chronicles the brief existence of The Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society and its attempts to produce three feature-length films, including Canada's first amateur feature-length film, A Race for Ties, in 1929. I argue...

A farmer's alliance: the joint stock companies of the Home District and the economic roots of deliberative democracy in Upper Canada.(Essay)
September 22, 2007... Abstract This article addresses the economic roots of the fight for democratic reform in Upper Canada, and the role of a small religious sect, the Children of Peace, in particular. The Children of peace were critical players in a number of...

"This ambitious Polish Jew": rethinking the conversion and career of Bishop Isaac Hellmuth.(Biography)
September 22, 2007... Abstract Bishop Isaac Hellmuth is the undisputed father of The University of Western Ontario, and his devotion to Christianity is celebrated as part of its rich history. Hellmuth, however, was born a Jew. Both Anglican and evangelical...

Anderson Department Store fonds: Elgin County Archives.(Treasures from Ontario's Archives)
September 22, 2007... The Anderson Department Store fonds consists of records created, collected and maintained by Andersons Limited (1920-1988) and its predecessors Northway and Anderson (1896-1906) and The Anderson Company Limited (1906-1920) in the course of...

A century of service: The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire in Grey County.(Treasures from Ontario's Archives)
September 22, 2007... The outbreak of the Boer War triggered the concept of an "organization of women, under the British flag, who would promote patriotism through service." A Canadian institution, the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) was founded as...

House of Industry fonds: City of Toronto Archives, fonds 1035.(Treasures from Ontario's Archives)
September 22, 2007... The House of Industry fonds at the City of Toronto Archives provides access to a rarely glimpsed facet of early Toronto history; the sub-set of mid-nineteenth century society that included impoverished immigrants, unemployed men, aged and...

Lumber Kings and Shantymen: Logging and Lumbering in the Ottawa Valley.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Lumber Kings and Shantymen Logging and Lumbering in the Ottawa Valley By David Lee. Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 2006. 280 pp. $24.95 softcover. ISBN 1-55028-922-5. David Lee's Lumber Kings and Shantymen offers a thorough...

Ottawa's Streetcars: An Illustrated History of Electric Railway Transit in Canada's Capital City.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Ottawa's Streetcars An Illustrated History of Electric Railway Transit in Canada's Capital City. By Bill McKeown. Montreal: Railfare DC Books, 2006. 256 pp. $59.95 hardcover. ISBN 1-897190-07-7. As the editor's foreword suggests...

Port Hope: a History.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Port Hope: a History By Ian Montagnes. Port Hope, Ontario: Ganaraska Press, 2007. vii + 228 pp. $29.50 soft-cover. ISBN 0-9781968-0-5. The launch of this book signals the birth of the Ganaraska Press, the brain-child of Ian Montagnes...

Susanna Moodie: Pioneer Author.(Mazo de la Roche: Rich and Famous Writer)(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Susanna Moodie Pioneer Author By Anne Cimon. Montreal: XYZ Publishing, 2006. xi + 156 pp. $17.95 softcover. ISBN 1-894852-19-2. Mazo de la Roche Rich and Famous Writer By Heather Kirk. Montreal: XYZ Publishing, 2006. xii...

I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... I've Got a Home in Glory Land A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad By Karolyn Smardz Frost. Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2007. xxv + 450 pp. Hardcover $36.95. ISBN 0-88762-250-X. There are so many reasons to read this very...

Duty Nobly Done: The Official History of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Duty Nobly Done The Official History of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment By Sandy Antal and Kevin R. Shackleton. Windsor: Walkerville Publishing, 2006. 828 pp. $59.00 hardcover. ISBN 0-9731834-8-9. With the Canadian Forces...

Authors of their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Authors of their Lives The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century By David A. Gerber. New York: New York University Press, 2006. x + 421 pp. US$55.00 hardcover. ISBN 0-8147-3171-6. ...

The Dominion of Youth: Adolescence and the making of modern Canada, 1920 to 1950.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... The Dominion of Youth Adolescence and the making of modern Canada, 1920 to 1950 By Cynthia R. Comacchio. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006. ix + 298 pp. $65.00 hardcover. ISBN 0-88920-488-8. In The Dominion of Youth,...

Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia By Larry Wright and Patricia Wright. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2006. 448 pp. $45.00 hardcover. ISBN 1-55046-399-3. As any reader will know, lighthouses have been an aid to navigation since...

Books received.
September 22, 2007... Bamford, Don. Freshwater Heritage: A History of Sail on the Great Lakes, 1670-1918. Toronto: Natural Heritage Books, 2007. 256 pp. $34.95 softcover. ISBN 1-897045-20-6. Fisher, George, and Mark Harris, Ontario's Historic Mills. Erin:...